DIGITAL PORTFOLIO Tom Woodward
C O N T E N T S
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Digital
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Sustainable Housing
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Research Project
The following portfolio contains examples of my work from the first term of second year at the Welsh School of Architecture.
D I G I T A L
On the following pages are some examples of the work produced in the digital Module. The work was produced on a range of software platforms, including Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, and 3D Studio Max.
Learning Processes The concept board on the page opposite expresses the sustainable and cyclical nature of my housing scheme. Through a process of layering, it highlights the diverse and engaging nature of the staircase, on which food is grown and a sustainable society is developed. The two page spreads on the following pages are early perspective drawings from the same housing scheme, which illustrate the varying levels of privacy within the scheme and highlight the stark juxtaposition of materials used in comparison to existing local materials. The final two page spread of the chapter is a 3D Studio Max rendering of a simple room.
‘Greenhouse Circulation’
Housing Scheme Concept Board Adobe Illustrator
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Housing Scheme Perspective From South Photoshop
Housing Scheme Perspective of Platform Photoshop
Digital Rendering 3D Studio Max
H O U S I N G
The sustainable housing project was an eight week project, four weeks of which was group work, and four weeks of which was individual work. The brief was to design a scheme within a site in Cardiff that provided 12 - 15 housing units that were designed with sustainability in mind.
Concepts These are the drawings I used to explain the fundamental ideas behind my sustainable housing scheme. The scheme is a series of mid-rise towers, connected by a mound of earth that continues the flow of the landscape from the river. Each floor contains one dwelling unit, with the number of bedrooms per unit decreasing, as the floor level increases. This creates generous balcony spaces for each flat as it has a smaller floor area than the flat below. Each tower consists of cantilevered concrete floor slabs that are supported by the two cores of the structure. One of these cores also serves as two of the walls for the circulation space. The other core carries the services for the building. This leaves complete freedom in the remaining design of the floors.
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Sectional Layout
Structural Concept
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Semi - Public Public
Public/Private
Site Perspective
Site Perspective
Continuation of the mound
Details The building introduces subtle cantilevers that are not too structurally demanding, but introduce an interesting aesthetic to the towers, removing any element of monotony. Built into the mound is a cafe that caters to cyclists that commute to Cardiff on the Taff trail.
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Plan, Sections The plans and sections shown serve to explain the project on both a technical and a subjective level. All three drawings are hand drawn, before being processed in photoshop. Whilst the plan’s primary function is to serve as a measurable and readable drawing, the sections express the feel of the spaces, and give some indication of the intention for inhabitation.
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Illustrations These drawings were principally for illustrating the inhabitation of my space in a three-dimensional way. The axonometric illustrates how my dwelling unit lies in context to those above and below, and speculates as to how the spaces would be occupied. It gives some indication on both the exterior and interior finishes of the building, The interior perspective shows how the large areas of glazing create seamless transitions between indoor and outdoor spaces, and indicates the quality of the open plan living space.
Models
R E S E A R C H
My final project of the term was a research project on the town of Pontypridd. My group’s specific area of research was the land development plan for the region, and therefore the work aims to communicate the principals of the LDP in a clear and graphically-effective style.
Statistical Representation Our aim in the project was to produce a series of graphics that communicated statistics and policies in a way that was immediately understandable to anyone, and maintain a sense of coherence through our entire presentation. To this end, we produced a series of keycards detailing the principal statistics of the region. We used simple graphics repeatedly to emphasise the subject on which the statistic was based. Following our statistical representation we produced a large poster indicating the council’s planned response to the statistics, in terms of the primary needs of the population that these statistics expressed.
BAN DEVELOPMENT
RHONDDA CYNON TAFF: REGIONAL U New Unit Distribution = 100 residential units
TRANSPORT PROPOSALS Rail Improvements = Existing Stations = New Stations = Existing Rail = New rail
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Principal Towns Strategic Sites
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Key Settlements
URBAN DEVELOPMENT PONTYPRIDD PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL EXPANSION SITES Pontypridd
Brecon Beacons
Treforest 70 Mins Walk
Smaller Settlements
60 Mins Walk
Pontypridd
8 Mins Car 10 Mins Car
Church Village
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Llantwit Fardre Beddau
North
CASE STUDY: MWYNDY/TALBOT GREEN Pontypridd 7 Mwyndy / Talbot Green Area Dwellings (500) Employment (32 hectares) Retail (23,200m2) Leisure (10,000m2)
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Retail
Countryside
Residential
Employment
Mwyndy
Cardiff
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